Dying brown eggs for Easter requires some forethought, as fresh brown eggs tend not to peel well when they're ready to eat--all because they're just way too fresh (which makes me wonder how old rather than how fresh store bought eggs actually are!). So if you'd like to experience the richer dyed colors of brown eggs when they're plopped into the cupsful of dye on Easter weekend, buy your fresh brown eggs NOW and let them age for Easter and they should be good to peel when it's time to eat them.

If your dyed eggs never get eaten and peeling them is not an issue, well, have all the fun you want with the fresh brown eggs: they dye in a more rich tone than your average white eggs. (If pastel is what you're going for, stick with the store-bought white eggs.)Here is how to make your own egg dye: (And be sure to dye completely cooled eggs.)To dye with food coloring, start with hard boiled eggs. For every 1 c. of hot water, add 2 T. plain white vinegar, and drops of food coloring to the color intensity your desire. Be miserly with your drops. One drop of red food coloring can go a long way. By the way, it's fun! You know that red and yellow make orange, yellow and blue make green (but you should know that from Ziploc!), red and blue make purple. Mix them all together and you get "mud."

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Hi, I'm Joni!I'm a Michigan mom and am richin all the ways that count.... live a simple life in the country, have a family that I love and they love me, I go to bed at night on sheets that have been dried in the sun and kissed by the wind, eat food from my garden and find joy in simple pleasures and a few hobbies, can pet and love and take care of our animals, and perhaps most of all: I have learned in my life to enjoy hard work. I can't ask for anything more and am blessed.

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Goin' Home

Goin' home--what a lovelier word

Ever--ever--could be heard,

Home to warmth and firelight,

Little rooms that shine at night,

Back to the comfort of old things,

A kitchen where a kettle sings.

Goin' home--with heart aglow.

Down the old road white with snow.

There a lighted window gleams.

Sending out its golden beams

Like a lighthouse tall and white,

Shining out against the night.

Goin' home--what lovelier word

Ever--ever--has been heard?

--Edna Jaques

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